The Bass The River And Sheila Mant
Why Disappointment is Vital Is Disappointment the last straw? “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” Martin Luther King, Jr .Is disappointment the end?
Disappointment is not the last straw. Sometimes it happens for a reason, teaches you a lesson, sometimes it is followed by success...we must not give up no matter how long it takes. All these people you read about in the news and idolize as bravehearts have gone through many terrible times which taught them lessons of life and inspired them to be who they are. For example, in the life of Mohandas Gandhi, he has faced many issues and gone through tough times, such as getting beaten up by white people because he's brown, getting thrown out of a train for the …show more content…
One such incident has occurred in the life of the narrator of “ The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant.”
In the story “The Bass, The River and Sheila Mant” by W.D Wetherell,
The narrator describes how much he loves fishing and his neverending passion for it. Just as well he explains his feelings for the neighborhood darling “Sheila Mant”. He decides to ask her out and has to give up his passion on proving he is not dumb. Doing this, he later regrets it.
He finally brings up the courage to ask her out. When he does, they agree to go to the town fair. He wants to take his canoe but Sheila suggests she could take her car. They leave in his canoe, and talk about hobbies and passions. “I think fishing’s dumb. I mean, it’s boring and all. Definitely dumb.” (Wetherell , 2) She says.
These words hurt the Narrator more than anything. On his way, his fishing rod catches a humongous bass fish, probably his biggest catch yet.
But after thinking and fighting the urge to catch it ,he lets it go by cutting the line just to prove to Sheila Mant that he was not stupid. This hurts the narrator as fishing had been his hobby that he truly
Disappointment is not the last straw. Sometimes it happens for a reason, teaches you a lesson, sometimes it is followed by success...we must not give up no matter how long it takes. All these people you read about in the news and idolize as bravehearts have gone through many terrible times which taught them lessons of life and inspired them to be who they are. For example, in the life of Mohandas Gandhi, he has faced many issues and gone through tough times, such as getting beaten up by white people because he's brown, getting thrown out of a train for the …show more content…
One such incident has occurred in the life of the narrator of “ The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant.”
In the story “The Bass, The River and Sheila Mant” by W.D Wetherell,
The narrator describes how much he loves fishing and his neverending passion for it. Just as well he explains his feelings for the neighborhood darling “Sheila Mant”. He decides to ask her out and has to give up his passion on proving he is not dumb. Doing this, he later regrets it.
He finally brings up the courage to ask her out. When he does, they agree to go to the town fair. He wants to take his canoe but Sheila suggests she could take her car. They leave in his canoe, and talk about hobbies and passions. “I think fishing’s dumb. I mean, it’s boring and all. Definitely dumb.” (Wetherell , 2) She says.
These words hurt the Narrator more than anything. On his way, his fishing rod catches a humongous bass fish, probably his biggest catch yet.
But after thinking and fighting the urge to catch it ,he lets it go by cutting the line just to prove to Sheila Mant that he was not stupid. This hurts the narrator as fishing had been his hobby that he truly